(Closed) Printing on Vellum

Hey Bees, I’m just starting planning (don’t even have an official date yet lol) but being the Graphic Designer that I am I’m already thinking about the design of the invites lol I’m also a hands on kinda girl so I’m thinking of having the cardstock printed through someone like Vistaprint(LOVE them!) and then printing a design (like a lace or doily pattern) on vellum and then wrapping that around the cardstock and then tying with a ribbon (because I’ve been collecting ribbon in my color for YEARS and have tons!)

So my question to you bees is… Has anyone printed on vellum before? (I tried years ago in College and it was a bit tricky, I hope technology has changed since then lol) Anyone know of a TRUELY inkjet friendly vellum?

I’d ask your graphic designer colleagues about that one. Or a printer. Also, if I were you, I’d consider getting your invites printed somewhere besides vistaprint. Keep in mind that the invitations will not only be relevant to your wedding, but will also be a represetation of your work as a graphic designer. You want a high-quality product, and vistaprint just isn’t.

I JUST printed my programs on vellum that I bought at Michaels. I used a laserjet printer. I made the programs in Publisher and set the paper setting to Transparency and manual feed. Worked like a charm.

That Michaels paper was good to print on either ink or laser ( so said the store associate) but I read that inkjet you have to do one at a time and give it time to dry.

Paper Source has inkjet specific vellum paper for $3.95 for a 10 pack. I bought some but I’m going to return it since the Michaels pack was $5.99 for 20 and I had a 40% off coupon. I printed them 4-up so 60 programs cost me less than $4 total.

Hobby Lobby sells packages of printable vellum. That being said, I was able to print on their vellum that was not specifically labeled printable (the two types were located in different areas in the store for some reason) with a laser printer.

@hunnysgethitched: true, I think that was my problem back then, I had the printer set on the slowest setting possible but the rollers that were pushing the paper through were smudging the ink. It was terrible!